The Punisher actor Jon Bernthal has said that he “lost all respect” for Kevin Spacey after working with him on the set of Baby Driver.
Spacey is currently in the midst of a sexual misconduct scandal, where he has been accused of molesting young boys and harassing colleagues on the sets of his films and TV shows.
Jon Bernthal, the star of Netflix’s Punisher, has said that he was a fan of Kevin Spacey but after witnessing his behaviour on the set of Baby Driver, realised that he didn’t like what he saw at all.
In an interview with SiriusXM’s Jim Norton and Sam Roberts, Bernthal said:
“Going on to that set and working with him, I wasn’t there much, but when I was there, he really rubbed me the wrong way. I thought he was a bit of a bully,” Bernthal said. “I didn’t really care for the way he was behaving toward some of the other people on set.”
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Bernthal pointed out that a lot of Spacey’s aggression was directed towards other men on set:
“I remember at the time thinking, ‘Man, if that was a woman that he was talking to, I would’ve done something, I would’ve said something,’” Bernthal said. “I was really happy to sort of get out of there for that reason, and I just remember losing a ton of respect for him.
“I think it would be weak of me to sort of pile on about some shit that I don’t know about, but the kind of man he was when I saw him, working with him, made me lose all respect for him and I was enormously disappointed,” Bernthal concluded.
Originally published November 9, 2017. Updated April 18, 2018.
